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Text Chapter 1,155 Kitty HawkĄŻs Moan

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    If a giant like an aircraft carrier wants to sail safely on the sea, the steel used in its construction is also specially made, far exceeding that of ordinary warships. This is also the reason why only a few countries can manufacture aircraft carriers. Ah San was not willing to endure it at the beginning.  It cost a lot to buy a renovated second-hand aircraft carrier, but when I decided to build it myself, I found that if I wanted to start construction, I would have to buy steel from Russia at sky-high prices.

    "And Iraq has moved half of the Black Sea Shipyard back. At the same time, it has also moved the equipment, technology and personnel of the special steel plant back to Iraq. Qusay does not want to be controlled by others in this regard.

    Therefore, although the aircraft carrier's anti-strike capability is not as strong as that of a battleship, it can still withstand the attack of ordinary anti-ship missiles.

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    If a few ordinary C801 series anti-ship missiles fly in and Xiaoying resists them, nothing will happen.

    However, things are different now. Missiles flying at several times the speed of sound, even if they are not equipped with missiles, the huge kinetic energy brought by high speeds are also very lethal. What's more, what it faces is not one or two.  But fourteen missiles!

    "Boom!" On the fifth deck, the damage control personnel heard this huge sound, which almost shattered their eardrums, and then, there was a fire in front of them.

    The high-energy armor-piercing blasting warhead successfully tore open the outer shell of the aircraft carrier, but it only tore a small hole.

    Without a warhead with a charge of more than 500 kilograms, it is simply impossible to effectively penetrate an aircraft carrier. A big guy like the KH-41 is still not powerful enough.

    Regardless of the few sailors who died, the rest immediately carried out damage control to put out the fire and prevent it from spreading.

    Then, there was another crash, this time, it erupted in the rear cabin.

    The Kitty Hawk kept groaning as the KH-41 hit it. This was already the eighth one. Although it hit the body almost at the same time, the captain of the Kitty Hawk still remembered it clearly.

    It seems that this aircraft carrier of my own can resist it. When the time comes, I just need to give myself enough time to drive back.

    However, this wish was shattered the next moment.

    A missile flying from behind got into the hole that the previous missile had exploded. After getting in, it tore open the second watertight door, and then an explosion occurred inside.

    Although important weapons, ammunition and other things are all placed in the center of the aircraft carrier, separated by several layers of steel plates, the engine room at the back is only separated by two decks.

    The explosion of this missile affected the engine room.

    In order to provide power for this tens of thousands of tons of warships, the Kitty Hawk's boiler is very powerful, and the internal pressure is also very high. This explosion will cause the boiler to be severely damaged, and the cracked place will cause a big disaster.  explode.

    Two of the Kitty Hawk's eight boilers exploded. Suddenly, one of the propellers stopped rotating. The entire boiler room was surrounded by high-temperature and high-pressure steam. Several engine crews outside were immediately struck by the heat flow.  Steamed.

    The steam affected several other boilers and they were not functioning properly.

    The Kitty Hawk completely lost power, and because the propeller on one side stopped spinning first, the warship yawed, and then the hull began to tilt.

    Several missiles that flew in followed and hit several cabins.

    The tilt of the ship prevented the damage control personnel from dealing with the problem in time. They did not have time to close these cabins, and seawater began to pour into the aircraft carrier.

    The Kitty Hawk's hull began to tilt further unconsciously.

    "The faces of all the personnel on the aircraft carrier suddenly turned from white to dead gray. They seemed to have realized that this aircraft carrier might not be able to escape a fate.

    This is the first aircraft carrier to be sunk in a war since World War II!

    The other USS Washington is a little better than the Kitty Hawk, just a little better.

    Compared with the Kitty Hawk class, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a larger displacement, in addition to the hull and deck continuing to use high-strength steel to withstand attacks from semi-armor-piercing bombs, during construction, key parts, ammunition depots and engine rooms  It is equipped with 63.5 mm thick "Kevlar" armor, which also allows its displacement to reach a scale of 100,000 tons.  The ship is equipped with 23 watertight transverse bulkheads and 10 fireproof partitions, and has complete protective measures such as fire protection, damage control and impact resistance.  Its ability to withstand blows is twice that of the Kitty Eagle.

    However, it also withstood more missiles. Nineteen anti-ship missiles hit its body on the side, and water entered its side.The ship became heavier and the ship began to tilt. However, due to the timely closing of the watertight door, the ship was not in danger of sinking.

    However, looking at the surviving cruiser next to it, its deck has clearly tilted.

    This Ticonderoga-class cruiser is one of the few that survived.

    Except for the aircraft carrier, which has the kind of anti-strike ability of the battleships in World War II, the rest of the warships do not have this ability. The KH-41 cannot attack the aircraft carrier, but it can deal with those cruisers, destroyers and frigates with ease.  Anything with a displacement of less than 7,000 tons can definitely be killed with just one shot.  And for a displacement of 10,000 tons, only two are needed.

    After this round of attacks, the United StatesĄŻ aircraft carrier fleet was left with only one tilting Washington, one Ticonderoga class, and one Perry class.

    The rest have sunk into the water, or are slowly sinking into the sea.

    In the air, their fighters shot down fifteen Su-27Ks, and they also suffered the loss of seventeen, almost a tie.

    And their attack formation had already begun to be intercepted by the escort fighter jets of the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation before they could launch the Harpoon missiles they carried.

    The American Harpoon missile is a good anti-ship missile with better performance than Exocet and C802. However, its disadvantage is that it has a short range and low speed. It has a range of only 130 kilometers and 0.75.  Mach's speed, so attacking a single warship is okay, but attacking an aircraft carrier formation has almost no hope of victory.

    They did not expect that after Iraq dispatched nearly a hundred attack fighters, it would still be able to maintain a formation of twenty air superiority fighters to intercept them.

    Relying on their numerical advantage, they continued to approach the opponent's formation. However, the missiles of the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation's anti-aircraft warships successfully intercepted the missiles they launched.

    The air defense capabilities of Iraq's aircraft carrier formation are no worse than those of the United States. They are even more advanced than those of the United States. The past few years have been rapid development for Iraq. Their carrier-based air defense systems have already matured.  .

    The Soviet Union once believed in missile victory, so they vigorously developed various missiles, including supersonic anti-ship missiles, and ignored aircraft carriers.  The United States, on the other hand, believes in aircraft carrier victory. Although it attaches great importance to anti-ship missiles, it has not developed supersonic anti-ship missiles.

    Due to the powerful attack power of the US aircraft carrier, generally speaking, their hostile targets have limited air defense capabilities. Even the Soviet Union, before the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is commissioned, the US Navy will completely defeat the Soviet Navy.

    Therefore, they have now discovered that they have almost no chance of winning if they want to attack the Iraqi aircraft carrier formation, which is no less powerful than them.

    Because this is the Arabian Sea, they are also attacked from long distances by land-based fighters, which puts them at a complete disadvantage.

    This naval battle is enough to go down in history. History has already remembered this day. On April 10, 2002, in the Arabian Sea, the Iraqi Navy took the initiative and sank the USS Kitty Hawk, an American aircraft carrier, and damaged the USS Washington.  , simultaneously destroying two guided missile cruisers, three guided missile destroyers and two frigates of the U.S. Navy.

    "The Iraqi Navy suffered no losses at all. Except for twenty-five fighter jets that were shot down, none of their warships suffered losses.

    Of course, this is superficial. While the sea-air confrontation was fierce, underwater battles were also going on. Two Los Angeles-class submarines wanted to launch an attack on the Iraqi aircraft carrier. The Iraqi submarine force fought back.  During the battle, they sank two American submarines, and one of their own submarines also suffered two torpedoes in order to protect the aircraft carrier. However, it was still able to sail and returned to the base from the sea after dark.

    This is an exciting day for the entire Arab world. They finally defeated the American aircraft carrier formation head-on for the first time. For them, the Americans are no longer a powerful military presence. They can face the American military.  Intervention, proudly say that we are confident and capable of defending our homeland, and the Middle Easterners can resolve matters in the Middle East themselves!

    After the aircraft carrier was damaged, the attacking U.S. carrier-based aircraft had no choice but to land at the nearby Yemeni Air Force Base. Subsequently, Iraq immediately dispatched airborne troops to control the air base and captured all the American pilots.

    The naval battle was not over yet. Iraq would not allow the remaining warships to slip back. After the attack squadron returned, they mounted bombs again and ejected to take off, preparing for the second supplementary bombing. At this time, they no longer mounted the precious KH-  41 anti-ship missiles, but a series of anti-ship missiles based on the C801 produced by Iraq. Because the American aircraft carrier was completely disabled at this time, this attack was just a cleanup of the battlefield.

      Moreover, the American Aegis warships have just finished launching those long-range anti-aircraft missiles. They just flew over from high altitude and dropped the bombs.

    When they flew over, what they didn't expect was that the remaining two warships chose to surrender.

    The preparations for the anti-aircraft missiles have been completed, and the supply ship has not caught up. They are surrounded by brothers who have fallen into the water. If they resist, they will only end up being destroyed.  What they need to do more is to rescue those brothers who have fallen into the water.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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